Three and easy as Caley Thistle remain unbeaten in Championship
Dunfermline Athletic 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3
Scorers: Rooney (51) Polworth (71) Oakley (81)
INVERNESS Caledonian Thistle remain unbeaten in the Scottish Championship as goals from Shaun Rooney, Liam Polworth and George Oakley gave them a terrific three points at East End Park.
John Robertson made two changes to the team that were held to a 2-2 draw against Alloa as he opted to play a 4-5-1 formation
Jordan White replaced George Oakley and played as a sole striker with Aaron Doran brought in to replace Nathan Austin who didn’t make the bench.
Inverness had the ball in the back of the net midway through the first half after Aaron Doran's through ball sliced open the defence to find Tom Walsh who was just in front of his marker when the ball was played as his goal was ruled offside.
Dunfermline replied instantly and almost took the lead when Myles Hippolyte hit the crossbar with a powerful shot from just inside the box.
The ball fell back to Joseph Thomson whose powerful shot from 20 yards flashed wide of the right hand post to the relief of goalkeeper Mark Ridgers.
Rooney saved his team from going behind shortly after the break when his last ditch tackle prevented Hippolyte from getting a shot on target 12 yards in front of goal.
A minute later he put his team in front when he met Walsh's cross from the right wing in the six yard box to nod into the bottom right corner of the net.
Inverness doubled their advantage in the 71 minute in a counter attacking move when Doran chased down the right wing and his cross was met by Liam Polworth who from 15 yards fired the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.
The visitors sealed all three points in the 81st minute when Ridgers goal kick was met with a sensational back heel flick from Doran that released George Oakley down the left who drove into the box and fired into the bottom right corner of the net.
The win extended Inverness's unbeaten record in the league to 16 games.